Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/08/2026Sadly I am about to start an MSc so the prognosis is not looking good for my self-publishing activities!! Although in years past having a real job would sometimes motivate me to put more hours into insane self-directed projects. 111
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/08/2026I've been picking away at my Canada wall map all summer. Here's our least-visited national park: 0243
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 03/08/2026Thanks everyone who came to the Val Marie Centennial! I was in charge of the historical marker program and we successfully placed 40 signs for the weekend. 0110
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 25/05/2026The MP Name Game has been updated! Try your best: canadianpolling.ca/mp-name-game 0121
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 25/05/2026Make your own deranged Ontario provincial election map here: canadianpolling.ca/diy/oncanadianpolling.caDIY: OntarioColour a map of the Ontario provincial legislature 050
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 25/05/2026Sorry for leaving this incomplete for 2 years!! It has finally been updated. Tee hee 2102
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2026Wow, no idea why this is missing from the federal government CLAB shapefile. (Maybe something arcane involving the land title??) 120
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2026Yes, I am slowly working on a map of Canada. Turns out that Southern Ontario is very small and crowded!! 3422
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 21/04/2026I was so burned out after 2025 I honestly haven't looked at the results until tonight. 0181
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 05/04/2026This has long been a personal obsession of mine as there seem to be zero digital maps of the pre-1971 boundaries anywhere on the Internet. Here are the best sources I found: 0160
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 19/08/2025About the same quantity! Saskatchewan has outsold Alberta about 4:1 - as soon as I moved to Saskatchewan I immediately got treated as a local artist/personality, so I've never been able to get any kind of Alberta local press circuit despite the fact that I spent 80% of my life there. 030
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 19/08/2025Because my product is a wall map, it's really easy to produce micro-targeted digital ads. Read about my schemes here... pronghornmaps.com/blog/digital...pronghornmaps.comDigital Marketing!Have you noticed a strange experiment happening around the city of Yorkton? For the last two weeks, east-central Saskatchewan residents have been bombarded by… 2121
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 04/08/2025Bingo!!! Mom has been doing some rust dyeing projects so the weird shape of this thing will be appreciated. It was found in a gravel parking lot where a grain elevator was demolished in the late 40s. 020
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 03/08/2025Yes, I am self-taught! Which is not the most helpful thing to say. GIS is not fun unless you have something to plug into it, I recommend starting with our 2021 census - www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recen...www12.statcan.gc.ca2021 Census Boundary filesList of 2021 Census boundary files depicting boundaries of 2021 Census standard geographic areas for which census data are available. 130
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 03/08/2025A little bit of my writing about map design: pronghornmaps.com/blog/simple-...pronghornmaps.comSimple vs. ComplicatedWhen I'm not making doomed runs for public office, I like to upload free maps to Wikipedia. (I'm not sure that I ever would have gotten into politics if I didn… 3193
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 15/05/2025I'm so glad I know multiple people who have had intrusive thoughts about buying a mannequin. I was very disappointed to learn that they're $400 :-( 010
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 04/05/2025@deadlybeads.bsky.social I think we briefly met at Q in Regina - sorry I don't have an instagram lol - I am super interested in paying for a custom bolo tie, DM me if you are looking for new projects!! 020
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 04/05/2025Vancouver has them too!! pronghornmaps.com/blog/old-hou...pronghornmaps.comHouse Number Hunting in VancouverI recently had a free day in downtown Vancouver. Yes, this really is how I spend all my vacations! Unlike my research excursions in Saskatchewan and Alberta… 080
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 30/04/2025The joys of moonlighting as the @canadianpolling.bsky.social webmaster... 2371
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2025I've done quite a lot of these election cartograms, check out more here: pronghornmaps.com/commons/pronghornmaps.comThe Canadian House of CommonsAlex McPhee's unique maps of Canadian democracy 030
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2025Cartogram of the popular vote in the 2021 federal election. 1180
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2025The CPC's next leader should be a socially liberal maverick who spends a lot of time around the prairie base. They should find such a person and give them a huge amount of untraceable cash. Contact me for more details 0190
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 29/04/2025Eating Haribo and waiting for the Swift Current--Grasslands--Kindersley call. Life could be worse 3150
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025I never have... No Bones About It!!! I actually belong to a Russian German church (Moravian) but I do not get a lot of use out of this biographical detail in a Catholic town. 110
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025Canvassing in yet another town where I personally uploaded the skyline photo to Wikipedia years ago!! 0100
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025Link is HERE, Canadians only: ndp.ca/donate/47013ndp.caDonate to your EDA NDP to build our local campaign fund!Giving to the Local NDP Electoral District Association keeps your donations in the local community and helps ensure your local candidate has a strong campaign fund for federal elections. It also helps... 010
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025Buttons are BACK!!! We mail these out to everyone who donates from outside the riding - this means YOU! 1193
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025On the small town supporter list this week: the United Church minister and a retired Wheat Pool grain buyer. I like those moments during the campaign when I can close my eyes and pretend that it's 1982 0110
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 24/04/2025There is a really funny untold story behind that account. I always dreamed of generating a little cartoon person for each riding, too. The interest is still there, but sadly I have been downsizing my social media somewhat as my income shifts from Canadian datajournalism to niche prairie history. 010
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 23/04/2025It's Kerrobert! Formerly known as Kerr-Robert, the hyphen didn't make it through the Depression. 0100
Alex McPhee @awmcphee.ca · 22/04/2025You will NEVER guess what happened overnight after I posted this 2211
